Saturday, April 08, 2000
FBI to check killers' history
BY JOHN SEEWER
The Associated Press
TOLEDO, Ohio — Federal authorities want to know if two brothers who admitted to a Toledo killing spree had any involvement with unsolved slayings outside Ohio.
FBI agents will meet Lucas County officials Monday to look at information from the investigation into Anthony and Nathaniel Cook.
The brothers this week acknowledged taking part in the slayings of nine people during the 1970s and early 1980s.
Anthony Cook, 51, said he was involved in all nine slayings, meaning he either killed the victims or encouraged his brother to do so. Nathaniel Cook, 42, admitted he had a role in three killings.
Both brothers were long-haul truck drivers and spent time in several states, said Frank Stiles, an investigator with the Lucas County Prosecu tor's Office.
Anthony Cook spent time driving through Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Texas before he was sent to prison in 1981, Mr. Stiles said.
Lucas County Prosecutor Julia Bates said she also suspects there were more victims outside of Toledo.
The brothers were to stand trial Thursday in the killing of a man 20 years ago, but as part of a plea agreement, they admitted to playing roles in the nine killings.
Anthony Cook pleaded guilty Thursday to aggravated murder in the 1980 shooting of Thomas Gordon. Mr. Cook was sentenced to life in prison for that killing and already is serving a life sentence without the chance of parole in a 1981 slaying.
Nathaniel Cook pleaded guilty to two counts of kidnapping and one count of attempted murder of Mr. Gordon's girlfriend. He will be eligible for parole after 18 years.
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